Rethinking Democracy
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"There's never been a more pressing time to question every aspect of our inadequate democracy"- Polly Toynbee
"This important book shows the many challenges democracy faces in a world of populism and radical digital change" - Margaret Hodge
2018 saw celebrations of the centenary of the Representation of the People Act which marked a decisive step towards full universal suffrage - this collection of essays explores the problems of democracy and suggests ways it might now be extended and deepened.
- Investigates if democracy is an unfinished revolution and if democratic politics is currently in retreat
- Demonstrates how democratic politics is once again under attack - this time from populist nationalists, authoritarian rulers and new forms of political communication
- Argues that if we lose the art of active citizenship, we will lose the freedoms and the rights which democracy has bestowed
Andrew Gamble
Andrew Gamble is Professor of Politics at the University of Sheffield and Emeritus Professor of Politics at the University of Cambridge where he helped to establish and became the first Head of a new Department of Politics and International Studies. He is a Fellow of the British Academy and the Academy of Social Sciences. He was an editor of The Political Quarterly from 1997 to 2012. In 2005 he received the Isaiah Berlin Prize from the Political Studies Association for lifetime contribution to political studies.
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